#1692 Empire

#1692 Empire

Market Cap$5.2B

IndustryFood Retail

Founded1963

CountryCanada

CEOMichael Medline

Employees62,000

Sales$18.7B

HeadquartersStellarton

As of Jun 6, 2018

Empire Co. Ltd. engages in the food retailing and corporate investment activities. It operates through two segments: Food Retailing and Investments and Other Operations. The Food Retailing Segment consists of distribution of food products in Canada. The Investments and Other Operations segment consist equity accounted interest in Crombie REIT, Genstar and wholly-owned Empire Theatres. It operates under retail banners that include Sobeys, Sobeys extra, IGA, IGA extra, Thrifty Foods, Foodland, FreshCo and Safeway. The company

was founded on February 12, 1963 and is headquartered in Stellarton, Canada.

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